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Axelrod won't talk 'God' or 'Jerusalem'

By DYLAN BYERS

09/08/2012 04:24 PM EDT

Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod generously sat for an interview with WNYC radio while waiting for his flight out of Charlotte yesterday, but refused to discuss the Democrats' initial omission of 'God' and 'Jerusalem' on the party platform.

"There was one subject Axelrod did not want to go on tape about: the omission of God and the reference to Jerusalem as Israel's capital from the party platform," WNYC's Bob Hennelly wrote at the conclusion of his interview. "He said it was a mistake and confirmed that as soon as the president learned about the omission he told party officials to re-insert the language."

Asked about Axelrod's reluctance to discuss the issue on the record, Obama campaign spokesman Ben LaBolt told POLITICO, "We've been on the record on this all week. Happy to go on again."